OpenAthens Alternatives

    OpenAthens is described as 'The world of libraries, librarians and information professionals is in a period of exciting transition'. There are three alternatives to OpenAthens for Self-Hosted solutions, Windows, Linux, Mac and the Web. The most liked alternative is CAS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenAthens are shibboleth (Free, Open Source) and SimpleSAMLphp (Free, Open Source).

    The list of alternatives was last updated Jan 7, 2020
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    • CAS

      CAS provides enterprise single sign-on service:An open and well-documented protocolAn open-source Java server component
      • Free • Open Source
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    • shibboleth

      standards based, open source software for web single sign-on across or within organizational boundaries allowing sites to make informed authorization decisions for individual access of protected online resources in a privacy-preserving manner.
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      • Free • Open Source
      • Windows
      • Linux
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    • SimpleSAMLphp

      SimpleSAMLphp is an application written in native PHP that deals with authentication. The main focus of SimpleSAMLphp is providing support for SAML 2.0 as a Service Provider (SP) and SAML 2.0 as an Identity Provider (IdP).
      • Free • Open Source
      • Self-Hosted
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